Died in custody
L. E. Watkins
L. E. Watkins was in the custody of the sheriff at Canon City, Colorado, and was being brought back to the town in August 1883. According to a Canon City dispatch in The Republican, about midnight an armed mob took him from the sheriff, shot him, and hanged his body from a timber of a bridge on the edge of town. According to the Daily Evening Bulletin, searches for those responsible had begun.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of armed cowboys took him from the sheriff at Canon City, shot him and hanged his body from a bridge timber, according to the Republican's Canon City dispatch.
Reported by: The Republican's Canon City dispatch (reporters).